Terrorist Pragya calls terrorist Godse, a patriot.
A sad day, in the history of India”™s Parliament. — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 28, 2019
This terror suspect Pragya Thakur is an embarrassment not only for BJP in Parliament but for the entire nation. She was trying to give the Mahatma”™s assassin Nathuram Godse a clean chit in Parliament yesterday. Luckily, her remarks were expunged. She shames us before the world.
— Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) November 28, 2019
But some of her supporters stood by her comment:A govt that doesn't act against Godse sympathiser terrorist Pragya Thakur can never be trusted on fighting terrorism.
— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) November 27, 2019
There have also been calls for the BJP to expel her from the party. However, her comment reflects the views of some right-wing Hindus who support the BJP and have long seen Gandhi as too moderate. Godse, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point-blank range on 30 January 1948, was also an activist with nationalist right-wing groups. Hindu hardliners in India accuse Gandhi of having betrayed them by being too pro-Muslim, and even for the division of India and the bloodshed that marked Partition, which saw India and Pakistan created after independence from Britain in 1947. Ms Thakur first made international headlines when she stood for election as an MP in Madhya Pradesh state in the general election earlier this year. Her initial comment on Godse also prompted controversy earlier in the year as several political parties, including the BJP, strongly criticised her remark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those who had condemned her statement. "There is no place in society for such comments. She [Ms Thakur] may have apologised, but I will never be able to forgive her," he said to local media. She later did apologise.You are brave, Adarniya Didi Pragya Ji. Really proud of you. Godse was not a terrorist. #well_done_Pragya
— Kamalesh Mishra (@kamaleshvhp) November 28, 2019
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